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The Trump administration’s cost-cutting czar Elon Musk announced Wednesday night his time as a “special government employee” with the administration is winding down.”As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President [Trump] for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,” Musk wrote on X. He added that his Department of Government Efficiency’s “mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.”Musk, a billionaire entrepreneur, will begin his offboarding process with the White House on Wednesday night, according to an administration official. Musk’s DOGE team has upturned the…

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy recently announced that artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to detect and address air traffic risks, following a slew of near-misses and fatal plane crashes across the country.Duffy told FOX 5 DC that officials are implementing AI to “identify and address potential air traffic risks nationwide,” potentially aiding in preventing tragedies like the fatal Jan. 29 midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) that claimed the lives of 67 people.Following the Potomac River crash, which involved a commercial plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, Duffy announced a plan to build a new “state-of-the-art”…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size In 2021, Drew Derosier expressed overwhelming gratitude to Okanagan residents who helped raise funds for an accessible van — a $90,000 modified 2020 Toyota Sienna that changed his life. “I don’t think you realize how much I appreciate this, and how much it’s going to change my life,” Derosier said at the time.The van, customized to support Derosier’s mobility needs due to cerebral palsy, allowed him to travel freely with the help of care aides. But now, four years later, it’s gone.“Right where this truck is parked … is where my car…

Three recreational fishers have been hit with hefty fines totalling more than $5000 after being caught with undersized and protected fish during separate inspections by Fisheries officers in the Pilbara.On February 22, a 56-year-old man and a 44-year-old skipper, both from Karratha, had their boat inspected while fishing in the Dampier Archipelago, and were found with eight barcheek coral trout, three of which were less than the legal minimum size of 45cm.The skipper made an admission at Karratha Courthouse on May 20, that he had taken four of the barcheek coral trout, with recreational fishing rules only allowing a daily…

Asian countries would do well to de-risk themselves from America by engaging other powers. This refers not only to China but Australia, India, Japan and Europe (which has its own challenges with Mr Trump). Indeed, dependence on China carries its own risks – as the Philippines discovered when former President Rodrigo Duterte’s courting of Beijing failed to produce the desired economic and security outcomes for Manila. BETWEEN POWER AND PRINCIPLE It was not that long ago when pundits debated whether Asia would be better off with a US-led liberal order or a China-led authoritarian one. With its rejection of liberal…

Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – Jehad Al-Assar left his tent in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah early in the morning on a new and exhausting journey to get food for his family. His destination on Wednesday: an aid distribution point in Rafah, in the far south of Gaza, run by the United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). Jehad walked a “gruelling” 10km (6.2 miles) to reach the site, driven along primarily by the weight of responsibility for his pregnant wife and two hungry daughters. With starvation spreading throughout Gaza, a direct result of Israel’s months-long blockade on the territory, the GHF…

President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is terminating awards totaling more than $750 million dollars that were provided to pharmaceutical manufacturer Moderna to help facilitate its production of mRNA-based bird flu vaccines. During President Joe Biden’s final week in office, his administration awarded $590 million to Moderna to help speed up its production of mRNA-based vaccines. The $590 million award followed a separate $176 million award Biden gave to Moderna earlier last year for mRNA vaccine technology.Messenger RNA vaccines are a newer type of vaccine technology, which was utilized by companies like Moderna and Pfizer to develop…

FBI Director Kash Patel promised transparency as remaining questions linger about the federal investigation into the July 2024 assassination attempt on then-candidate President Donald Trump.In an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, Patel touched on the growing public demand for answers as speculation swirls around the high-profile attack in Butler, Penn.”I don’t know that there’s more to know, but you’re going to know everything we know,” Patel told Baier on Special Report.TRUMP TELLS FOX NOTICIAS HE ‘WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE EXPLANATION’ BEHIND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS President Trump survived an assassination attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania in July.…

The U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday struck down U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canada and the rest of the world, ruling he exceeded his authority under an emergency-powers law. The three-judge panel’s decision blocks both the fentanyl and border security-related tariffs on Canada and Mexico and the global “reciprocal tariffs” Trump imposed in April that have unleashed widespread economic chaos.“The challenged tariff orders will be vacated and their operation permanently enjoined,” the ruling says.Trump declared a national emergency on fentanyl earlier this year to justify the tariffs on Canada and Mexico, saying they were necessary to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Attorney General Rob Bonta is facing a Department of Justice investigation over his state’s laws allowing transgender athletes in girls sports.The DOJ announced the investigation Wednesday, one day after President Donald Trump threatened to pull funding from the state for allowing a trans athlete to compete in a girls track and field championship. Bonta’s office responded to the recent pressure on him and the state of California over the issue in a statement to Fox News Digital. “We remain committed to defending and upholding California laws and all additional laws which ensure the…